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The Forty-Year-Old Version

Awards & Festivals

Sundance Film Festival
2020 | Winner: U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best First Feature
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2020 | 3rd place: Best First Feature
National Board of Review
2020 | Winner: Spotlight Award
National Board of Review
2020 | Winner: Top 10 Films
BAFTA Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Directors Guild of America
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2020 | Winner: Best First Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Winner: New Generation Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2021 | Winner: Best First Feature
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Nominee: Most Promising Filmmaker (Milos Stehlik Award)
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best First Film
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Winner: Breakthrough Artist Award
Gotham Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Screenplay
Gotham Awards
2021 | Nominee: Audience Award
Gotham Awards
2021 | Nominee: Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2020 | Winner: Directors to Watch
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2021 | Nominee: Josephine Baker Award
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Original Score
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Director
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Emerging Director
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Independent Feature
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Original Song
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding First Screenplay